Horse-overshoe.



C. A. DEUSCHER.

HORSE OVBESHOB.

APPL'IGATION FILED A1114, 1914.

1,1 20,455. Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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WITNESSES 1 MENTOR 16 15 LVZO'IZGJ ,4. ,Dfludcfier THE NORRIS PETERS CO4. FHOTO-LITHO" WASHINGTON, D. c.

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To all whom it may concern .Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. DEUL sci-Inn, a citizen of the United States-and a resident of the: city 'of- New York, borough 'of the Bronx, in the-county of'the Bronx and State of New. York, have invented a new and Improved Horse-Overshoe, of which the following isza full, .clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to farriery, and has particular reference to horseshoe attachments. 1

Among the objects of the invention is to carry forward and improve the novel featurestof invention disclosed in my previous application filed April 4, 1913, Serial No.

7 58,830. In this present invention, there-; fore, I provide a horse overshoe plateof peculiar and simple construction, I the same having secured. thereto in "a rigid permanent manner a plurality of lugs or ears serving as connecting means forthe overshoe.

Another object of the invention is to improve the hanger mechanism including thef straps for detachably securing the overshoe to the horses hoof. I

Astillfurther object isto improve'the means for securing the grippers to the overshoe plate. i

The foregoing and other objects of invention will hereinafter be more'fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this specification in which like characters of reference. -ind1cate corresponding parts 1n allthe views,

and in which-s Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a preferred form of this invention shown as applied to a horseshoofin lifted position; 2 is a plan view of the overshoe plate pivoted grippers, the .hanger means beingomitted; Fig. 3is a plan view of the device complete, showing the relationof the arts-substantially as when'applied to the hoof, and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional detail on the line 44. of Fig. 2.

The several parts of the device may be made of any suitable materials, and the relative sizes and proportions, as well as the general design of the mechanism, maybe varied to a considerable extent without departing from the spirit of the invention ereinafter more fully described and specifically claimed.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, I show at S any suitable form of ordi- HoRsn ovERsrroE;

. Specification of Letters Batcnt;

Patented has, 1914.

Application filed April 14, 1914i 'seri 'al 110. 831,724.

nary horseshoe either with or without calks and with or 'without'a flexible. heel pad. The shoe Sor the equivalent will be connected to the-horseshoof in any well known or approvedmanner, the same constituting no part-of this invention per se. The shoe illustrated, however, is provided'with'a toe calk c and heel calks c". 7

At'lO I show my improved form of over-' shoe plate,-tl1e same "being substantially flat but provided with an-upwardly projecting lugll adapted. to engage in the .rear of the .toe calk 001, back of the toe portion of the mainpart of the shoe S. The bottom surface of the plate 10 is preferably smooth and unbro'ken,"but the toe portion of the M v plate-is provided with abackwardlyprojecting'recess or indentation 12 to accommodate the usual'shoe calk 0 when used. The upper surface, however, of the plate 10 is provided with pairsof oppositely arranged notches 13 arranged preferably adjacent the bottom of theimain shoe and into which are adapted tobe forcedthe prongs 14 of peculiar forms of pivoted grippers'15 and 16. These grippers are made of solid metal drop forged,

cast malleable: orotherwiseformed so that in the event of'wearing out of one or .more of the grippers, others'may be put into their place by 1 swaging, crimping or otherwise, the prongs 14 beingbendable for introduction into the notches 1 3. I

I prefer-to:;employ three or more of the grippers on each side of the shoe, and the grippers'15 at the sides of the shoe are preferably cruciform-onthe bottom so as to resist slipping'in any-direction. "The grippers 16, while having the same general characteristicsas the others, may be in the form of the letter I so 'asto provide ample gripping virtue. and yet not materially damage gcity pavements. v

At 17 I- show a pair of lugsektending forwardly from the shoe plate 10 on each side of the toe, said .lugs being formed preferably integral with the plate and strong enough to resist the strains or impacts to which they may be subjected in all practical operation. Securedto each of the lugs-17 is' a" hanger 18 having one end extending around the lug and having at its upper end a loop 18 -When the horseshoe is provided with heel calks, the plate 10 may be fitted snugly against the rear faces thereof, whereby the tendency of said plate to slide rearwardly will be resisted. The hangers 18, however,

' cludes a flexible band or strap. l9..-wh ich may x of the strap 19, but from my experience, with,

main shoe and the horses hoof for th'epurpose of resisting such tendency .whenrthe at:

tachmentis'applied to a shoe or pad out such heel calks.

The means for detachably securing the'" overshoeft'o the hors'es hoof preferably in be permanently connected at one end to one loop 1 and passed thence through agloop; or keeper 20 either formedintegralwith or secured to the side of th nplate 10 near; its heel, the strap thence passing in a substantially, flat manner across the rear of; the horses frog and thence passinglint like. manner through a similar keeper 2Q; 1011; the, opposite side of the plate, and thencefthe strapll9flpasses to the loop l8 ofjthe opposite hanger. The device now underLcon,

sideration may either, be made for .orfitted to a horses hoof or ordinary shoe, ormay, be made in various sizes whereby the strap; 19 will he placed in the position above set forth andjconnected permanentlyito the loops of the hangers. The'hangers also be? ingpermanently connected to the lugsil'i'i of the plate, are ,always ready for applicaa tion', the hangers being free to swing around Q the lugs 17 in, removing, the attachment from or placing it upon the hoof; A se'condstrap 21'extends across the front part. of the hoof from one loop 18'; to the other andserves'in this connection to tighten they strap l9 and thereby securing, the overshoetattaehment rigidly in positionJUnder Veer-g tain vconditions. the strap Ql might extend,

entirely around the hoof' and take the. place this device, I prefer to employt the two straps as indicated; A buckle 22.1of9jany1 suitable construction enables me to grip the strap 21 at, any point to which itnlay be drawn and-there ,fastened'untilit is desired: v

I side members, and a pair of rig dkeepers,v

formed integral with the outside edges of to remove the overshoe.

Having thus describedvmy inventionylw claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patcnt:

wardlyq extending lugs thereto and having axes substantially jradial -with respect to the plate, a pair of;han'gers pivoted to said lugs and movable arou'ndfthe j axes 'ofrthe lugs into eng'agementitwith the front partyof the hoof, said hangers each having a loop ateits, upper end, andx'fiexible means cooperating with saidh'anger loops" and extending around the horses hoof to. d'etacha'bl'y secure the horse overshoe in P si o *2; In a device ofthe kind set forth, the

combination with a main shoe, ofa n ,over

shoeplate, gripping devices seeured -to the plate and projecting downwardly therefrom,'a pair of hangers movably connected to the front part oftheplate, and adapted to. bear against the front, Part, ofl the: hoof andl m'aill,shoe,v ajpairof rigid keepers se cured totthe, sides of the plate and-extendinglupwardly, therefrom in approximately the samehor'izontal plane as the mainflshoe," and-flexible strap means. extendingaround the hoof coijperatingwith said hangers and: keepers to detachably secure the overshoein position. I v

In-a horse, overshoe, the combination of a plate, gripping devices secured thereto and extending downwardly therefrom, a

pair of" hangers movably connected to the front part of the: plate and. adapted .to coa flexible'strap" extending acrosskthe back portion- 0f the hoof. above the shoe,. thence through said "keepers and thence to the hangers where the ends of the strap are connected, anda second strap extending across the. front of the hooffrom one vhanger to the other and serving to bindthe overshoe detachably in place. v

4. As an article of-manufacture, -the therein. described plate for a horseove' rshoe v comprising curved side members adapted to conform substantially to a; main shoe," a

front cross bar'having a; rearward depres-. sion formed integral with the-sidemembersy a pair'of integral lugs extending substan tially radially fromthefront lends of:the t the side members and projecting upwardly slightly therefromfand lyingin a plane sub stantially parallel -withz v-the"upper surface In testimony awhereof I have signed my of the plate. s

name to this specification inlthepresencegofv l two'subscribing Witnesses; y

v Y CHARLES AUGUST'DEUSGHER.

Witnesses: 4 I f i g I GEO. L. BEELER, PHILIP; D; RoLLiIAUs.

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